Dumping-car.



No. 680,8!7. Patented Aug. 20, IQUL J. F. STONE & C. E. SHARP.

DUMPING CAR.

(Application filed May 31, 1901.)

(,No Model.)

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JULIUS F. STONE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND CHARLES C. SHARP, OF

BOOMER, WEST VIRGINIA.

DUMPING CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,817, dated August20, 1901. Application filed May 31, 1901. Serial No. 62,522. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JULIUS F. STONE, residing at Columbus, in thecounty of Franklin and State of Ohio, and CHARLES C. SHARP, residing atBoomer, in the county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, citizens ofthe United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDumping-Oars; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple andeconomically-constructed car adapted to have its load discharged throughan opening in the bottom thereof and between the axles.

The invention resides in the combination, with a car having its ends ora portion of its sides and ends inclined inwardly toward the bottom atpoints between the axles, of a door or doors to close the opening in thebottom of the car, a yoke to engage and support the door or doorsjournaled and swinging in a plane approximately at right angles to thedirection of movement of the door or doors, and a lever for operatingthe yoke, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying.drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, the in-'clined portion being indicated partially by broken and partially byfull lines. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom of the car, and Fig. 3 is aview in end elevation.

Like characters of reference in the several views designatecorresponding parts.

1 designates the car-body proper, 1 the inclined sides, and 1 theinclined ends, the latter being partially indicated by dotted lines.These inclined sides and ends termihate in their lower edges at pointsbetween the axles of the car. Hinged at 2 to the sides of the opening atthe bottom of the car and between the axles thereof are folding doors a2, that can be raised or lowered to close or open the opening in thebottom of the car. J ournaled to the bottom of the car is a yoke 3, thatcan be rocked by means of a handled lever 4, attached to one end of theyoke. This handled lever 4 extends to the top of the car, as indicatedin Fig. 3, so as to afford ample leverage and be within easy reach ofthe operator.

The yoke 3 is shown in our drawings to subserve the dual purpose of ayoke for raising and supporting the door or doors 2 and as one of theaxles of the car. This simplifies and cheapens the construction; but theyoke can be a separate part journaled in the bottom of the car.

Any suitable or well-known means 5 can be provided to lock the lever 4:when the yoke has been raised to close the doors.

The placing of the doors between the axles avoids the necessity ofbolstering the car-body above the axles, and the car-body can thereforebe of standard capacity without being so high as to be top-heavy or asto preclude its use in some mines; but our invention will be useful insituations other than mines, and indeed is perfectly applicable to allcars where the load is advantageously discharged through the bottom ofthe car.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a car having its bottom inclined at its endstoward an opening in the bottom of the car between the axles, a door ordoors hinged so as to close said opening, a yoke journaled and rockablein a plane approximately at right angles to the direction of movement ofthe door or doors arranged to close and support said door or doors, anda lever attached to said yoke for operating the same substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination with a car having its bottom inclined at its endstoward an opening in the bottom of the car between the axles, a door ordoors hinged so as to close said opening, a rockable yoke-like axlearranged to support and close said door or doors, and a lever attachedto said yoke-like axle for operating the same, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination with a car having its bottom inclined at its endstoward an opening in the bottom of the car between the axles, a door ordoors hinged longitudinally with respect to the car so as to close saidopening, a

yoke journaled transversely of the car and reaching under the edge ofthe door or doors when open, and a lever connected withsaid yoke tooperate the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures each in thepresence of two witnesses.

JULIUS F. STONE. CHARLES C. SHARP.

G. W. HOPE.

